[2023] UKUT 118 (LC)

UTLC No: LC-2022-583

Royal Courts of Justice,

Strand,

London WC2A 2LL

24 May 2023

TRIBUNALS, COURTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACT 2007

AN APPEAL AGAINST A DECISION OF THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL

(PROPERTY CHAMBER)

HOUSING – BANNING ORDERS – assessment of seriousness of offence – whether level of fines imposed by magistrates a permissible guide – tribunal’s use of own knowledge of fines –effect of banning order, whether applicable only to new lettings – ss.14, 15, 16, Housing and Planning Act 2016 – reg. 3, Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Banning Order Offences) Regulations 2018 – appeal dismissed

BETWEEN

NAOMI RACHEL KNAPP

Appellant

-and-

BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL

Respondent

Re: 102 Portway,

Seamills,

Bristol

Martin Rodger KC, Deputy Chamber President

12 May 2023

Charles Auld, instructed by Henriques Griffiths, for the appellant

Riccardo Calzavara, instructed by Bristol City Council Legal Services, for the respondent

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The following case is referred to in this decision

Sutton v Norwich City Council [2021] EWCA Civ 20